TRS-80 Model 1 (was: Arty computers (was: Re: PDP-11/70 in Yates Center, KS)

[Jim Isbell, W5JAI]

I would agree except that I would have been given notice of that 15 years
ago when I read the article on the machine...I would think...

On 2/4/07, William Donzelli <wdonzelli at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > However, I would think that it is unlikely I would have forgotten the
> > phrase, "seven oh seventy"  Its a catchy phrase and has stuck with me
> for
> > almost fifty years.  We didn't call it the "seventy seventy" or any
> other
> > sequence of words, just the "Seven Oh Seventy".  However, what it looked
> > like has pretty much been erased and blended with the many other
> computers
> > of similar size that I worked on.
>
> You remembering the "seven oh seventy" phrase may have been distorted.
> This is a common thing for details nearly fifty years old, and just
> about all of us will or have fallen to an example or two.
>
> I work with a number of older ships being restored, and we run into
> this all the time. Some vets, as good natured and honest as they come,
> will insist that something was done or installed a certain way, yet
> the ships will have undeniable proof (often photographic or
> documented) that it was done another way. Often these are details that
> the sailor dealt with for a couple of years on a daily basis. Nobody
> is at fault, really, just memory fades, and often we do not realize it
> until questioned.
>
> --
> Will
>



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Jim Isbell
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